His Captive Bride's Fight For Freedom

Chapter 5

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stood at the window for a long time, confirming there were no black cars, no men in dark suits downstairs, before she let herself be

e. She needed to get her sheet music and the only thing sh

Jed Pollard, or his wife, Lynn, so she wen

re. The living room was a mess, and the ai

e a drowning man spotting a piece of d

ice cold. But she already had a bad feeling. She knew him too well -

ed that Jed's small investment company had been wiped out ove

face pale. "They pulled all their funding

ood immediately - this was no coincidence. It was that man's doing. Another way

do with me," Cailin said, tu

ng ugly. "How can it have nothing to do wi

nnounced the broken engagement between the S

s gleaming with greed. "They're saying Graham Shepher

o answer, trying

e. They said if you go to them, quietly, all our debts will

ack to face him, disbe

barely above a whisper, as if she

st. "This is an honor! Marrying into the Shepherd family is a blessing you couldn

"He's right, Cailin. Don't be

. But now she saw clearly - she was never a daughter to them. Just an investment. An asset. Something to be traded at

ldness she hadn't expected from herself. "Re

turned and walked out. She didn't run. She made herself walk, o

. "They're sending a car for you this

alking faster and faster down th

pit of vipers. She ran three blocks before she stopped, doubled over, gasping for breath, her mind a tangled mess. S

person. A friend she'd made at a

but she pressed her voice down, trying not to let Juli hear she w

esitation and gave he

of hope, Cailin started the

he knew - this was only temporary. The Shepherds wouldn't give up, an

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“Cailin was just a struggling temp worker trying to survive, until a simple delivery to a hotel suite turned into a nightmare. Inside the dark room, she was brutally attacked by Graham Shepherd, a ruthless billionaire in a drugged frenzy. He suffered from a severe phobia of human touch, but to his dark obsession, Cailin was the only woman his body didn't reject. To secure a healthy heir, Graham's powerful grandfather targeted Cailin. He paid off her greedy foster family with ten million dollars to legally buy her. "Marrying into the Shepherd family is an honor! It's time you paid us back!" her foster father sneered. Cailin was kidnapped and locked inside a massive estate. She was forced to sign a marriage certificate with the very monster who had assaulted her. Desperate, she offered Graham a cold contract to give him an heir in exchange for a secret divorce, but her desire to leave only enraged his possessive madness. When he tried to force himself on her again, she screamed for the servants to stop him. "Lock this door. No one brings her any food or water," Graham commanded coldly. Cailin was starved in the dark room for days, her body withering away. She was filled with despair and hatred. Why did she have to be the sacrificial lamb for this billionaire's sickness? Why did the family she trusted sell her out to a monster? Dragged down to the dining room, weak and starving, Graham forcefully held a piece of meat to her lips. "Eat." But as Cailin looked at the cruel men who had ruined her life, she turned her head away, her eyes burning with a silent vow to survive and escape this gilded hell.”